THE PAST OF A MUSIC SCHOOL IN ORADEA – (EMŐDI JÁNOS: “EGY NAGYVÁRADI ZENEISKOLA MÚLTJA”. VARADINUM SCRIPT, NAGYVÁRAD, 2015)

Abstract

The last volume of local historian János Emődi brings a significant contribution to the literature of Oradea’s musical past by gathering and in-terpreting several documents regarding the foundation and functioning of the Szalay-Fischer music school, considered one of the most prominent institutions in the early development of the city’s musical life. The author, both as a former student and descendant of the founder family also intends to pay a tribute to three personalities, who played an important role in the musical education of several generations: Stefánia Szalay, her husband Ervin Fischer and her younger brother Elemér Szalay.